The Tesla Model Y's flush-mounted electronic door handles are under scrutiny after U.S. regulators started looking into more than 174,000 Model Y crossovers with door handles that could fail during ...

Tesla has been harshly criticized in the past for its electromechanical door releases, which proved a hazard to occupants in the case of a crash. With the refreshed Model Y, Tesla has made progress in ...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into about 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles from the 2021 model year after reports that their electronic ...

Tesla is again under scrutiny from the safety regulators, this time because of its electronic door handles. After receiving nine complaints about inoperative door handles, the NHTSA opened a ...

Manual release handles are often buried deep in some Teslas, leading drivers and passengers to prep for worst-case scenarios ...

Tesla's stock dropped after a Christmas Eve announcement of a new U.S. investigation into emergency door releases ...

When Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began wielding its ax at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year, many believed this was done to weaken the agency’s ...

In its early days, Tesla earned a reputation for producing highly popular and well-engineered EVs, but ones that weren’t assembled with the utmost quality. A recent Reddit post featuring a Model Y ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a defect investigation into Tesla's Model 3 vehicles over the ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into the emergency door release controls on some ...